STAR SCHOOL OFFICAL

PEARL ACADEMY INDIA

III PERIODIC TEST – DECEMBER 2022

SUB:SOCIAL SCIENCE TIME:1 HOUR

STD: VI MARKS:20

I – Choose the correct answer

1. A wise man who shared his ideas in the book of arthshaastra?
A - Chandragupta B- Kautilya C- Bindusara

2. The officials collected taxes from ordinary people to get the ?

money to run the country. What is the another way to express tax
A - Tribute B - Dhamma C – Taxila

3. Ujjain was the gateway to which Direction

A - North-West B - South-East C - North East

4. In India there are different religions what is your opinion that all
religion have respect others to and what should we follow ?
A – Diversity B – Discriminate each other C - Equal to be one
religion

5. A rough figure drew on a piece of paper based on memory and not

scale
A – Large Scale Map B – Small Scale Map C – Sketch

6. The main language spoken by the poor people in Africa

A – English B – Zulu C – Afrikaans

II - Fill in the blanks

7. Royal princes often went to the provinces as ———

8.The Mauryan rulers tried to control ———————— and ——

—————— which were important for transport.
9. People in forested regions provided the Mauryan official
With ------------------

10. ___________ is the deepest point on earth which is located in

pacific ocean

11. Maps are drawn in ____________

12. The _________ , ________ and __________ are the races in

south Africa

III – Answer shorth sentences

13. State whether true or false:
(a) Ujjain was the gateway to the north-west.
(b) Chandragupta’s ideas were written down in the Arthashastra.
(c) Kalinga was the ancient name of Bengal.
(d) Most Ashokan inscriptions are in the Brahmi script.

14. What were the problems that Ashoka wanted to solve by

introducing dhamma?

15. What were the means adopted by Ashoka to spread the message
of dhamma?

16. What all facilities may Maya have in South Africa now ?

17. Explain the following

a) Map
b) Large Scale and Small Scale
c) Conventional Symbols

18. What are the types of Maps

IV – Answer in four or five sentences

19. What was the administration under the Mauryan Empire

20. Define
a) What are cardinal directions
b) How are Maps are Better than Globe ? Please Justify this
statement and answer the following ?